My biography is honest, transparent: Shatrughan Sinha

Mumbai: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who launched his biography "Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography", says it is honest and transparent.

"My biography is interesting and powerful because along with black and white even, the grey side has been told honestly. I feel my biography is honest and transparent," Shatrughan told IANS.

"Many people have said things about me which I don't like, but it (the biography) has not been edited. I feel it's a democratic country and everybody has the right to speak," he added.

He also said that his biography is "different".

"Everyone's biography is all about praises, but mine is different. That's why it's entertaining and interesting and that's why this is best selling," he added.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan launched the biography on Friday evening here, and its has been written by renowned columnist, critic and author Bharathi S Pradhan.

The 338-page book is a rivetingly honest read that retraces the hurrahs and heartaches of one of India's most popular actors.

7 years of research, 37 interviews and over 200 hours of taped conversations with photographs from the Sinha family's private archives, have gone into the writing and making of "Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography", which takes an unabashed look into the actor-politician's life.